Thursday, June 14, 2012

06/14/2012
Public utilities come in various kinds, forms and shapes, in these or
those places of the country, for different objectives and with diverse
implications and consequences.

For ordinary people — considering
that technocrats have their rather profound knowledge and expertise to
say otherwise — all public utilities have the following more common
features: One, they are all for the use of the public. Two, they are all
for public welfare. Three, they are all funded by public funds.

In
other words, the primary goal of basic objective of public utilities is
the common good of the general public. And rightly so, considering that
said utilities are administered by different public agencies or
offices, all of which are meant for public service, in the same way that
all of them are financed by the big amount of direct and indirect taxes
paid by the people — from birth to death..... MORE